Man

Where Man comes from

Man hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1884
    Debut at its peak, #971
    #971 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1890
    Man Ray born
    American and French visual artist
  4. 1916
    Man Kaur born
    aged Indian athlete
  5. 2009
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Man Ray · American and French visual artist, 1890–1976
  • Man Kaur · aged Indian athlete, 1916–2021
  • Man Sood · Indian cricketer, 1939–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.